Travel Blogs from Chowchilla

... have to cross a mountain range where you climb 4,000 feet with 6 mile stretches of 6 degree grade. Down to 40 MPH going up and straining to hold it at 65 coming down! Enter the central valley and it gets boring and we pull into Chowchilla at 3pm. Bob and Bonnie had recommended we stay at THE LAKES RV RESORT. You get a Class A RV park and a frist class full ...

... we visited Yosemite National Park and the surrounding Sierra and Stanislaus National Forests. We very nearly didn't bother going to Yosemite. There is an overall length restriction of 45ft on the roads surrounding the area, and as the truck and trailer combined are around 50ft in length, the closest campground we managed to find was still 76 miles from Yosemite Valley. But we were so glad that we made the effort, the whole drive ...

... explained how plants conserving water is like good money management - some save, some are frugal and others just live within their means.

Our time in the park was just about perfect until the next morning when on a winding section of forested road, there was a loud bang as the passenger side mirror clipped a branch and shattered the passenger window. Hannah was in the passenger seat at the time and received ...

... something to stuff in my gob as I was starving. Of course, by stomach got the better of me and leaped into the car for a quick trip over the freeway and into a fast food joint. I figured I was in country USA, so I may as well eat **** too. I was actually surprised as it tasted very good and decided to go back and have some for breakfast the next ...